FROM WALT WHITMAN TO PEREZ HILTON

“I think we’re kind of jesters. I think we’re considered funny. You know, the Will & Grace phenomenon. We sort of clown, we have smart quips; we impersonate women in funny ways. We have shallow values, which are funny, like all we care about are brand names. I mean, certainly you can see why someone like Jasper Johns doesn’t want to be considered gay. It’s kind of tacky now.”

-Edmund White